[Elecraft] Linear thoughts

[Mitch Wolfson, DJØQN / K7DX]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for opening up this can of worms ;-)

I haven't been following the discussion until now, but my suggestion 
comes from another angle: make any new amplifier very remotable.

This means the following:
- Have API's that support complete remote control, also available to 
other software and hardware developers
- If possible, allow remote power on via a remote command and not by 
providing a voltage to pins (like the old SPE 1K-FA did)
- Do not use (only) USB control, since this is no good for remoting
- Have a true serial port for serial port servers and other legacy devices
- A bonus would be an embedded serial port server, such as the Lantronix 
XPort (OM Power offers this as an option) 
https://www.lantronix.com/products/xport/
- Another added bonus would be an embedded web server with a control 
interface, such as that offered on the RemoteRig RC-1216H 
http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=1010

Having helped to install dozens of amplifiers for remoting, I can say 
that this feature set would put a new 1500w amplifier on the top of the 
remote station heap if reasonably priced.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

Mitch Wolfson DJØQN / K7DX
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On 17.03.2017 13:06, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> Interesting discussion.
>
> Folks, if we did introduce a 1500 W solid state amp similar to our 
> KPA500 in operation, what features etc would be important?
>
> 73,
> Eric
> /elecraft.com/
>
>
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